I suppose after writing a post about cutting down hazard trees (see below) I should affirm that I prefer my trees "on the hoof"—that is, standing, growing, shading, in the full majesty and grace of their size, slow and persistent growth and beauty.
There is a satisfaction that comes from a skilled job well done when I remove a hazard tree but one has to respect the years that it took to grow this creature. We remove a few: damaged, dead or decayed—and a threat to a target—while we protect the vast majority of others...
